Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-08-09
DENVLR'S RICH MEN. !.
GOSSIP ABOUT A SCORE OF COLO
RADIO MilLIONAlRES.
4 Look at Mrs. Tabor No. Ex-senator
Tabor's Wealth and His Opera House.
His Unlucky Residence and Its History.
Judge Belford's Future.

Tabor's Wealth and His Opera House.
His Unlucky Residence and Its History.
Judge Belford's Future.
Especial Correspondence
DENVER, Aug l.
A tall, fine looking, well dressed woman
was sitting near the fare box in Broadway
ST rect car as l entered it. She had high
forehead, dark brown hair, black eyes and
intelligent features. A friend
sat beside her, and to him she talked pleas
antly. Her tones were low and her English
was of the purest. She was apparently about
40 years of age, and my attention was first
attracted to her by the fact that she had over
paid her fare, putting in dime for nickel.
! made this even by giving Der my fare i'll
stead OF putting it in the box. Asshe left the
car learned she was woman with a history,
and that she was none other than ex Senator
Tabor's first wife-the woman who made his
big strike for him by taking boarders and
keeping the store which supplied the feed for
the prospectors who struck the Little Pitts
burg mine. This was the woman from whom
Tabor got his divorce, and it was this woman
he left to marry the present Mrs. Tabor
whom he first welded at st. Louis; after
wards another marriage ceremony was
olemnized at Washington. She does not look
Ike disappointed woman, and she is by no
l,ans one Of the frail reeds OF the fair sex. ]
ont think she would have disgraced her
husband at Washington, and find that here
at Denver her standing is very good She is
in good circumstances, the property which
Tabor gave her having largely increased in
value. She is worth at least $500 900 today,
and she lately sold sixteen lots out of piece
of forty which Tabor gave her for $50 900.
She has left twenty four lots and q house
upon them that cost S45, 900, and she still
owns the La Veta property This last coll
sists of fourteen three-story houses, built in
the best manner and forming good renting
property, worth about 100000
re-.
In the meantime it is hard to tell whether
Tabor himself is doing we'll or ill., He has
still enough and to spare, however, and he
has been a valuable citizen to Denver. am
told he is anxious to go back to the senate,
and that when the next election comes he
will be there to see. He is good business
man, it is said, and two of the best business
blocks in Denver were built by him. One of
t!ese is the famed opera house, which cost
S750, 900, and the other is the Tabor block
The opera house is big five story building
of stone and brick, with tower on the cor
ner It's front is filled with stores and Offices,
and Tabor makes good percentage on the
investment. The Tabor block is five and one
half stories, and Tabor was the first man to
see that five story building would pay in
Denver. This block cost him S250,00o, and it
rents for SO ooo per annum. am told that
the stone OF which 1t Is made came from the
n Z
Tabor worked when he was poor. His opera
house proper Tald S3o,O'jo IN one year, for
Denver Is one OF the best theatre towns of the
west
Ex Senator Tabor has fine house i'll Den
yer. IL Is worth at least $1,000 1t has
beautiful grounds about it, and it has been
successfully the homes OF two miners who
struck it rich, made fortunes and lost them.
NOW LABOR VINO Ior some time held mort
r"~a on the property, has bought it in. J
wonder if it will be as unlucky resller,v
for him as it has been for its predecessors.
The statuary i'll its yard Tabor bought with
the house. The statues are the same, am
told, which leading New York newspaper
once said were originally fine Dronzes from
Paris, but which the rich miner whitewashed
to make them look like marble. He would have
no copper colored Indians in his yard, and if
Mercury and Venus were to stand there in all
their naked beauty they should at least wear
til" skin OF the Caucasian.
This house Of Tabor's was built by a man
named Bailey, who struck it rich at Dead
wood and made 100000 there Like all
miners, he came a. once to Denver and built
this house. He kept up his prospecting, how
ever, and made second fortune at Silver
Cliff. He then, If report is correct, tackled
Wall street, and lost nearly all he had. His
house was sold, and another miner who had
just made strike bought it for $50, 600.
The buyers name was Watson, and he made
his strike. In connection with Governor Routt
and Mr.. Corning, in the Morning and
evening Star mines. The circumstances OF
their Strike are worth telling The three
men had been working long time. They
had used up all they had, and We're $50 0O) in
debt They could get no more money. and
they begged their men to work for them
thirty days more on credit. The men con-
sented, and during this thirty days the lead
was struck, and Grant & Ward sold out their
mine for them for 81 100000 cash. The three
men came to Denver and at once bought
houses. At this time Watson was worth be-
tween $500, 900 and 100000. They kept on
mining, and had what they considered very
valuable property near Breckenridge. But
the water got into the mine, and it began to
eat up money so rapidly that Governor Routt
objected. Watson then said: "All right; if
I I will ht,u